Is the ‘Toolkit’ epicentre in India or abroad? Police track digital footprint

New Delhi, Feb 17 : Indian investigation agencies, including the Delhi Police’s Cyber Cell, are carefully tracking digital footprints left by Indian and foreign activists to know the conceptualisation, origin and virtual circulation of the infamous ‘toolkit’ that allegedly spearheaded the January 26 violence in the capital.
The names that have come into the investigation up till now are of both Indian and foreign nationals. While Disha Ravi, Nikita Jacob, and Shantanu are Indian nationals, the foreign ones are M.O. Dhaliwal, the founder of Canada-based pro-Khalistan outfit Poetic Justice Foundation, his woman colleague Puneet, a Canadian citizen; PJF co-founder Anita Lal, Marina Patterson, Pieter Friedrich and Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.
The names reveal that there are more foreign nationals that have come up in the investigation up till now.
The Delhi Police claim that the violence on January 26 was a manifestation of the ‘Toolkit’ document and the hyperlinks provided in it, and the investigation that started from the screenshots of the toolkit available on open sources soon led to the arrest of climate activist Disha Ravi from Bengaluru and subsequent search for Mumbai-based lawyer activist Nikita Jacob and engineer Shantanu who, the police believe, are part of the “larger conspiracy” and are editors of the “toolkit”.
Police have already written to Zoom seeking information about the attendees who joined a virtual meeting on January 11, but are yet to get a reply. Sources say at least 70 people attended the Zoom meet. Once the list is provided, the Delhi Police Cyber Cell would proceed with its investigation.
The police said that Dhaliwal had contacted Nikita and Shantanu through Puneet to create a storm on Twitter ahead of the Republic Day.